Governors can control merit selection almost as much as direct appointment.

Evidence

The pressure on commission members need not be overt to be effective. Once commissioners know whom the governor wants for a position, they are unlikely to omit that person from the list of candidates unless the person is clearly unqualified. As a result, under merit selection governors may exercise almost as much control as they do under a system of gubernatorial appointment. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 626

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Merit selection replaces partisan appointment with commission nomination — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 606; Gubernatorial appointment resembles federal judicial selection requiring confirmation — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 386; Patronage appointments to top civil service posts risked politicizing the service permanently — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 806 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Patronage appointments to top civil service posts risked politicizing the service permanently #corroborates (0.75) — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 806